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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />But what I’m curious about is, if you don’t <br />have the money to support these things, how <br />do you all of a sudden when a person <br />commits a crime or something, how do you <br />come up with money to incarcerate them? <br />They didn’t have it to keep them from getting <br />into trouble, but when they do something, <br />they somehow come up with funds to support <br />the jails and the present system. I just don’t <br />understand how they get that money then. <br /> <br />Ms. Jones responded that the Redevelopment <br />Commission only has access to certain <br />limited funds that we’re allowed to work <br />with. We can’t answer that question. We <br />can only deal with the funds that are under <br />our control. Admittedly, most of what we <br />appropriate goes to the Council for final <br />approval. We appropriate TIF funds. In this <br />case, a specific pot of money within a TIF <br />fund called the Urban Enterprise Zone. <br />Money comes into that fund from business <br />taxes, and we are in charge of appropriating <br />those funds. We don’t have access to any <br />other tax funds out there. <br /> <br />Mr. Downes noted that the Commission can’t <br />spend these funds in any way it chooses. <br /> <br />Mr. Wallace: Is St. Joseph County <br />Community Corrections under… <br /> <br />Ms. Jones: No. <br /> <br />Mr. Varner: That’s a state function. <br /> <br />Mr. Wallace: OK. <br /> <br />Mr. Varner: Hardie, I appreciate your <br />passion. My concern going forward is that <br />there are great expectations, there’s <br />enthusiasm, everybody appreciates what <br /> 43 <br /> <br />